BIRDER Feature Program (110 min.)
Friday, November 10 @ 7:00 PM – Grand Illusion Cinema
BIRDER (90 min.)
A bird watcher, Kristian Brooks, invades a nude queer campground on a remote lake in New Hampshire. He wears whatever cover he needs to ensnare the locals in his dark fetish in this nightmarish erotic thriller. Consent has never been more deadly. [Note: Contains scenes combining sex and murder.]
Preceding the feature film will be the short film IMPENETRABLE (4 min.)
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EROTIC RENDEZVOUS Shorts Program (94 min.)
Friday, November 10 @ 9:30 PM – Grand Illusion Cinema
Take a trip to the erotic side in this program of short films about the very sexy possibilities of both traveling and staying at home! From hotel room meet-ups and public cruising, to party preparations and quiet bath time, anywhere can become a sexy place in these tantalizing cinematic journeys.
Films in this program include:
MÄNNERABEND (MEN’S NIGHT) (11 min.)
REALLY GOOD FRIENDS (10 min.)
TRANSIT (5 min.)
STALKING ATHENS (12 min.)
DISTANCED (14 min.)
THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING (16 min.)
ORGY #004: FUCK YOUR FRIENDS (16 min.)
INSIDE OUT (10 min.) [Note: Contains scenes of needles and piercing.]
*No one under 18 admitted*
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LO-FI, SCI-FI, DIY Shorts Program (96 min.)
Saturday, November 11 @ 3:00 pm – Grand Illusion Cinema
From sci-fi weirdness to campy comedy, this shorts program explores the creative possibilities of generating high eroticism on low budgets! The indie and DIY traditions are alive and well (and horny) in this wild and funny mix of genres and styles.
Films in this program include:
GLITCH (18 min.)
INPUT ERROR II (23 min.)
CELESTIAL BODIES (5 min.)
OVERLOAD (9 min.)
STUDY MEETING (3 min.)
BEER AND LOVING WITH LAS BANGERS (27 min.)
CHEER UP, DYKE (11 min.) [Note: Contains fictional scenes of forced submission, piercing.]
*No one under 18 admitted*
*per-COVID policy at the Grand Illusion Cinema, Masks are required at this screening.*
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WORK IT Shorts Program (103 min.)
Saturday, November 11 @ 5:00 pm – Grand Illusion Cinema
At a time when sex workers’ rights continue to be under fire, this shorts program of documentaries, fictional narratives, and experimental films offers provocative and valuable new perspectives on the sometimes messy intersections of sex and labor.
Films in this program include:
HOUSE OF WHORESHIP (16 min.)
CRASH PAD QUICKIES: KNOTTY RELL AND ZURI LOVE (5 min.)
FLYBY KATHY (10 min.)
PORNTRAITS: AFRODISIAC (16 min.)
RATED X (16 min.)
SEX SELLS (34 min.)
PUSSY GAZING (7 min.) [Note: Contains scenes of needles and piercing.]
*No one under 18 admitted*
*per-COVID policy at the Grand Illusion Cinema, Masks are required at this screening.*
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Archival Feature: PANDORA’S MIRROR (94 min.)
Saturday, November 11 @ 7:00 pm – Grand Illusion Cinema
PANDORA’S MIRROR – New 2K Restoration
Pandora (Veronica Hart) visits a small antique shop where a large mirror catches her attention, seemingly casting a spell over her. Despite warnings by the shop keeper to be wary of its enveloping powers of sensuality, Pandora cannot overcome her strange desire to gaze into it, each time learning a bit more about the mirror’s debauched past and its corrupting powers….
*No one under 18 admitted*
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SMASHING THE GENDER BINARY Shorts Program (91 min.)
Sunday, November 12 @ 3:00 pm – Grand Illusion Cinema
Transgender and genderqueer themed films take center stage in this dazzling array of fictional and documentary shorts. Alternately funny, heartfelt, and (of course) very sexy, these films fuck the gender norms that limit our abilities to live and love.
Films in this program include:
EDGE (18 min.)
THE ELUSIVE CERVIX (18 min.)
UNNAMED (13 min.)
NO TRANSLATION (5 min.)
SWITCH FOR DADDY (17 min.)
PERSEPHONE (7 min.)
OHRWURM (14 min.)
*No one under 18 admitted*
*per-COVID policy at the Grand Illusion Cinema, Masks are required at this screening.*
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VISIONS OF LOVE Shorts Program (93 min.)
Sunday, November 12 @ 5:00 pm – Grand Illusion Cinema
Romance blooms in many forms in this strange and magical program of short films. From fictional narratives to experimental works, these poetic and fantastical films will dazzle your senses, warm your heart, and just might tingle your bits.
Films in this program include:
LA PEQUEÑA MUERTE (7 min.)
A FLOR DE PIEL (4 min.)
WTCHSONG (5 min.)
TWO YEARS (6 min.)
AFTER MATTER COMES ENERGY (19 min.)
BEHIND THE PINK MIND (30 min.)
FANTASY UNLOCKED (13 min.)
L’ORANGE (9 min.)
*No one under 18 admitted*
*per-COVID policy at the Grand Illusion Cinema, Masks are required at this screening.*
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A MES AMOURS Feature Program (116 min.)
Sunday, November 12 @ 7:00 pm – Grand Illusion Cinema
A MES AMOURS (87 min.)
Loving couple Elisa and Samuel are on vacation in their home in the south of France. Samuel is a director working on his next film. Elisa is an actress, working through a complicated period in her career. The couple decide to invite Lola, a sociology student from San Francisco, to stay with them for the summer to aid her research on gender norms and gender in heterosexual monogamous relationships. An immediate attraction develops among the three of them. Can Elisa and Samuel imagine a more modern and less conservative conception of love?
Preceding the feature film will be the short film: MIDNIGHT TRYST (29 min.)
*No one under 18 admitted*
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